Quote Originally Posted by thisonegirl View Post
pmchawk brought up a good point about knowing what a tourniquet does. That's why I haven't thought of CJ as anybody who worked in the medicine field, she would know exactly what a tourniquet did and she would have been aware that it might mean losing her limb. I believe she would've fought that tourniquet harder that fighting with Tanya about keeping her leg.
I hear what you're saying, and mostly agree. But, 2 thoughts:

1- If she knew a tourniquet was bad, her survival instinct probably kicked in and was fighting so hard to keep her alive that she was ok with the tourniquet at the time of the injury. People change their minds when death is imminent and they are not ready to go. So even if she had previously thought she would never want to survive without a limb, her will to live took precedence over losing a limb.

2-She may have known a tourniquet was bad and not known the full reasons behind it. I'm pretty sure at First Aid classes and the like, they say they are a last resort, but don't explain why. She may have thought she had some hope to keep the leg, not realizing the toxins on the other side of the tourniquet would prevent that.

I'm not ready to commit to any one camp as to what CJ's previous profession was, but I think not knowing the complete consequences of a tourniquet doesn't prevent her from being associated with healthcare in some way. There are plenty of non-clinical staff around hospitals who don't have patient interaction, and could be involved in planning.